Example sentences of "the [noun sg] set up [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From June onward warming through the ice set up circulation currents which gradually raised temperatures to a uniform 4°C throughout the water column ( Rigler , 1974 ) . |
| 2 | The hirer sued the owner of the excavator as vicariously liable for the driver 's negligence , and the owner set up clause 8 of the contract as a defence , on the basis that it transferred liability for the driver 's actions to the hirer . |
| 3 | The government set up Committees for the Defence of the Republic . |
| 4 | When the government set up Local Enterprise Companies as an important tool for economic development there was no place in their plans for trade union representation . |
| 5 | Mining companies all over the world set up consortia to study ways of mining the manganese nodules on the floor of the deep oceans , but have been unwilling to proceed until the world can agree on laws to cover deep sea mining . |